Scroll tattoo ideas

1,165 photos and flash · 29% Botanical, 13% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black and grey realism tattoo sleeve on an upper arm showing a Roman numeral pocket watch, a scrolled banner with script lettering, leaves and stars.
Pocket watch and script sleeve on upper arm
Three metallic gold ornamental scroll borders with leaf and curl motifs on a cream background, shown as a design sheet with no body placement.
Three gold scroll border designs on cream
Black outline drawing of a large star surrounded by curling swirls and small outlined stars, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Star with swirls and small stars design
Colour tattoo of a lavender pentagram entwined with green oak leaves, yellow and red acorns and black scrolling swirls, on skin.
Pentagram with oak leaves and acorns
Black line drawing of a tattoo flash design with ornamental snowflakes, flowers and swirls arranged in a diagonal sweep on a white background.
Ornamental snowflake and flower flash design
Black and grey cat head with green eyes, framed by swirling scrollwork and lotus flowers, tattooed along the side of the torso.
Cat with green eyes and lotus scrollwork on side
Pencil sketch of a compass rose with labelled points inside an ornate pocket watch case with a beaded chain, drawn as a tattoo design.
Compass rose in an ornate pocket watch
Black ink flash design of a hand-drawn banner ribbon reading Warrior not Worrier, in lettering style.
Warrior not Worrier banner design
Black and grey tattoo of Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas inside an ornate scrolled frame with skulls, on the side of a person's ribs.
Jack and Sally in an ornate frame on the ribs
Greyscale pencil tattoo design of a bearded banknote portrait with a 100 note, rolled cash and dollar signs in smoke, shown on paper and not placed on the body.
Franklin portrait with cash and smoke design
Black and grey geometric fox head tattoo with patterned ears and dotwork shading, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a striped sleeve.
Symmetrical fox head on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm of a pink sprinkled donut wrapped in brown banners reading AS THROUGH THIS LIFE WE ROLL, with green leaves and red berries.
Sprinkled donut with banner on upper arm
Black and grey shaded rose above flowing script lettering running down the calf, with scrolled line details beside it.
Rose and script lettering on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a scroll banner reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, with footprints, on the upper thigh.
Footprints and scroll banner on a thigh
Black fine line tattoo of three birds perched on a branch above scrolling leaves, on the inner wrist of a raised fist.
Three birds on a branch on a wrist
Black botanical flash design of a heart made from thorny vines with two roses, leaves and buds, with no body placement shown.
Rose and thorn vine heart design
Black and grey roses and an ornamental cross across a woman's chest and shoulders, with colour tattoos on her forearm and hand, in a neo-traditional style.
Rose and ornamental cross chest tattoo
Tattoo design of two red roses framed by black tribal shapes and grey swirls on a white background.
Red roses with black tribal design
Black and grey realism full arm sleeve tattoo showing praying hands, a rosary, haloed figures, clouds and a scroll of text, shown from three angles on an upper arm and forearm.
Religious full sleeve with praying hands
Two black tattoos side by side on the inner wrists: a fine line floral infinity symbol on the left and a shaded tribal infinity symbol on the right.
Two infinity symbols on wrists
Black and grey scrollwork tattoo with flowing swirls running from the hip down the outer thigh and calf.
Swirling scrollwork down a leg
Traditional style tattoo of a red heart with a black arrow through it and the word MYSELF inside, placed on the thigh beside roses and a black ornamental design.
Heart with arrow reading MYSELF on a leg
Woman in a brown hat on a rocky shore, with a red and yellow bird tattoo on her thigh and a fine-line scroll tattoo on her upper arm.
Bird on thigh and scroll on upper arm
Traditional-style flash sheet of hearts with banners, flowers and lettering such as no scrubs, go away and drop dead, drawn on paper with no placement on the body.
Heart and banner flash sheet
Flash sheet of six black ink arrow designs with ornate filigree shafts, several topped with eight-point star motifs, drawn on pale paper.
Row of ornate arrows and star designs
Black fine line ornamental tattoo of hanging drops and dotted motifs across a woman's shoulder and upper chest, with a pendant shape near the upper arm.
Ornamental filigree tattoo across shoulder and chest
Fine line swirl flourish tattoo in blue, green, purple and red running vertically across a person's upper back.
Coloured swirl flourish on upper back
Black filigree butterfly tattoo with a blue and pink ribbon at its centre, on a person's upper back below the shoulder blade.
Filigree butterfly with ribbon on upper back
Black and grey mandala-style tattoo wrapping the inner wrist and forearm, with dotwork shading and small dots above and below.
Mandala wrist cuff tattoo on a forearm
Fine line geometric violin tattoo built from circles and straight lines, in black ink on the forearm.
Geometric violin on a forearm
Pencil sketch of three interlocking swirl hearts with curled scroll ends, drawn as a tattoo design on white paper.
Interlocking swirl hearts pencil design
Black ink line drawing of a hamsa hand filled with mandala, scroll and paisley patterns on a textured teal and orange background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Hamsa hand with mandala pattern
Black and grey realism leg sleeve on the thigh and calf showing a lion head, daisies, a pocket watch and a scroll banner with lettering.
Lion, pocket watch and banner leg sleeve
Neo-traditional feather tattoo in yellow, orange and red with swirling black linework on the neck behind an ear.
Ornate feather tattoo behind the ear
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a wolf head on a dagger wrapped in banners reading FOR THOSE I LOVE I WILL SACRIFICE, on an arm.
Wolf head on a dagger with banner lettering
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with spread wings and a long flowing tail across a bare back, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Phoenix tattoo across a woman's back
Black and grey hibiscus flower with a Polynesian-style tribal band wrapping from the ankle across the top of the foot.
Hibiscus and tribal band on an ankle
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of four pocket watches with ribbon banners on the upper arm, with a name written on each banner.
Four pocket watches with banners on an upper arm
Black ink design of the word Imagine in flowing script, with two butterflies and ornamental swirls, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body placement.
Imagine script with butterflies and swirls
Black ink tattoo of an ornate scrolled cross with the word Hope in script across its centre, shown on skin.
Scrolled cross with Hope script
White ink mandala-style design across the back of a hand and fingers, with a matching band on the wrist and bare legs in the background.
White ink mandala on the back of a hand
Close photo of white ink mandala, lace and scroll designs on a dark-skinned forearm, wrist and fingers, with a bracelet-style band and finger motifs.
White ink mandala and lace design on hand and forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with fine line geometric detailing across the back of a hand and wrist.
Mandala tattoo on the back of a hand
Black ink drawing of a lion's head in an ornate, patterned style with a detailed mane, suited to a tattoo design.
Ornamental lion head line drawing
Black linework Flower of Life design inside an ornate mandala border, tattooed on the outer thigh, in a geometric style.
Flower of Life mandala on a thigh
Black and grey flash design of a cat's face inside an ornate heart-shaped border of dots and lace-like linework, with no body placement shown.
Cat face in an ornate heart frame
Black ornamental vine and swirl tattoo wrapping around the ankle and onto the top of the foot, with leaf shapes and a small animal silhouette in a circle.
Black vine and swirl tattoo on an ankle
Pen and ink drawing of an ornate script lettering design with swirling flourishes on cream paper, beside a black fineliner pen.
Ornate script lettering design in ink